#511E6D#511E6D

#511E6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.134 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E6D
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 37.86, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 52.11, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0878 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.134 311)
XYZ	xyz(6.6174, 3.7822, 14.8465)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E6D #3A6D1E

analogous

#291E6D #511E6D #6D1E62

triadic

#511E6D #6D511E #1E6D51

tetradic

#511E6D #6D291E #3A6D1E #1E626D

square

#511E6D #6D291E #3A6D1E #1E626D

split-complementary

#511E6D #626D1E #1E6D29

monochromatic

#120718 #2D113D #511E6D #752B9D #973CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#511E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#511E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E6D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E6D	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13386B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.134 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e97',
    500: '#511e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e6d;
$custom-light: #855e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 56.835,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35233,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.03782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E6D

secondary

#66A145

accent

#E0487E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E6D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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